Creede Community Church, UCC
Pastor: Sarah B. Linn
Rev. Dr. Sarah B. Linn has nearly 20 years of experience in international Christian relief and development in over a dozen countries. From 2003-2009, she lived and worked in the Republic of Yemen, studying Arabic and starting a network of adult education centers.
After returning from Yemen, Sarah was ordained by the Presbyterian Church (USA). She has been part of Creede Community Church since 2017.
In addition to earlier degrees (a BA in English Literature and MA in Higher Ed Administration/Student Development from Bowling Green State University), Sarah received her M.Div from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California and her Doctor of Ministry degree, focused on improvisational leadership, from Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Wed. Word - Aug. 14
Sarah Linn is heading off for a mini-sabbatical from August 19-September 30. The Wednesday Word will return in October.
If you have any needs or questions while she’s away, our very capable leaders will continue to oversee pastoral care, Mission/Helping Hands, Ladies Aid Society, financial matters, logistical support, etc. Just click here to ask for help. Our dear Linda Walker will get the message to someone who can help you. (And don't forget to pray for Sarah while she's away!)
We’re famous!
Our 130th anniversary celebration was published in the Mineral County Miner. If you have a printed copy you don’t mind parting with, please do drop it off on Sarah’s desk at church. We’d like to send it with a few thank you’s and hold onto one copy for posterity’s sake. Thanks so much!
Wednesday Word:
Once the Word has become flesh,
all the books in the world can’t do justice to it.
Only flesh can: your flesh, my flesh.
—N. T. Wright
This week caps off our “Bread of Heaven” series. And this is where things get weird in an off-putting kind of way. Jesus has made it clear through this chapter that when he talks about “bread,” he’s talking about something more than physical bread – and something more than physical hunger. And, man, people are eating it up (sorry! – that was awful)! Things were going really well and we’d expect the chapter to end on a high note. But that’s not what happens.
When we get to verses 56-69, it sure sounds like Jesus is telling people to physically eat his flesh and drink his blood. And, understandably, just about everyone turns away. What is Jesus driving at here? And why doesn’t it bother him that he’s lost so many followers? And what are we to make of this?
See you on Sunday,
Sarah
P. S. Listen to recent sermons right here.
Worship through September:
August 25 – Deacon Sunday, featuring music, singing, and celebration.
September: “Faith in Action” series through the book of James:
Sep. 1 – David Schneider
Sep. 9 – Rev. Ashley Nolan (Communion)
Sep. 16 – Rev. Ashley Nolan
Sep. 22 – David Schneider
Sep. 29 – Rev. Cathy Eskew